Date: Fri Sep 7, 2001 6:18 pm Subject: Encina Update (patitucci/float/parade/homecoming/rsvps/reunions/siblings/emailias/internet/humor/whats new) ENCINA ALUMNI, There is no sponsor for this week's update. JOE PATITUCCI I called former teacher Joe Patitucci this week to invite him to the homecoming party and spoke with his wife Lucille. Last year, Joe wasn't able to make it because he was recovering from an operation. Unfortunately, Joe is still recovering and will not be able to attend this year. Joe does not have email but I am able to forward email to him via his children if you would like to send him email. Or you can write him directly at: Joe Patitucci PO Box 254773 Sacramento,CA 95865 His wife Lucille said that Joe would enjoy hearing from his old students and colleagues. ALUMNI FLOAT Larry Bain '79 has pledged $50 for a spot on the alumni float for a current Encina teacher. "Harlan, I would like to pledge $50 if you ride the float in this years Homecoming, and an additional $50 if Christine Kojima will ride too. C'mon alum's, let's all pitch in for a good cause. Thanks, Tom Dugally 78" HOMECOMING PARADE We now have three alumni drivers for the homecoming parade. Kermit Pahl 61 wrote: "HALAN, IF YOU LIKE I HAVE A 1932 FORD T-BUCKET ROADSTER (HOT ROD) THAT WE COULD USE FOR THE HOMECOMING PARADE. IT COULD HOLD ONE OR TWO PEOPLE." Yon Gomez 81 wrote: "I have a 1990 Chrysler LeBaron. It's silver with red interior and is in excellent condition. If the committee would like to see it before they decide to let me drive it, that would be fine. I love to show it off!!!" If you would like to show off your convertible in the homecoming parade please write. We need as many cars as possible as Encina sometimes has trouble rounding up enough cars for the royalty and we try and help out each year. You can see pictures of last year's homecoming parade here: http://www.encinahighschool.com/homecoming/homecoming2000/game.htm HOMECOMING 2001 *** UPDATE *** There will be a homecoming rally at Encina in the morning. The past two years the alumni have had their own section of the stands and have helped judge the classes. The pre-game party is from 5PM to 730PM in the El Camino Cafeteria which faces El Camino Ave. Look for the Encina Homecoming banner. Encina will be selling food and drinks or you can bring your own. We will have tables set up for those who want to eat dinner at the pre-game party. We will have banners for each group of 5 years (61-65,66-70, etc) to make it easier for classmates to rendezvous. We will walk over to the stadium for the homecoming football game from 730PM to 10PM between Encina and Lindhurst HS. Admission is $5. At halftime, the alumni will have alumni cars and an alumni float in the homecoming parade. You can also buy food and drinks from the snackbar in the stadium. After the game, we will reconvene in the cafeteria from 10PM to 1130PM for the post-game party. The Homecoming committee: Bonnie McFarland 63 Rollin Coxe 64 Larry Murray 65 Janine Louther 70 Nancy Cooper Manly 71 Harlan Lau 73 Sande Byerley Jaeke 74 Marla Byerley Windham 76 Paul Stewart 76 Pam Maples Weber 77 Jim Bain 78 Sharon Bordisso Patten 78 Tammy Johnson Baker 78 Gary Kennedy 78 Chris Moser Taylor 78 Lisa Lowe Rodland 79 Lisa Ott Williams 81 Friday, October 5th, will be here soon. Please rsvp if you plan to attend. For more information and the rsvp list see: http://www.encinahighschool.com/homecoming/homecoming2001.htm I received more faculty RSVPs this week: Lynn Begg Eleanor Brown Susan Bush Jack Carey (new) Cheryl Chambers Jack Dutton Louis Huber Ray Klinefelter Christine Kojima Irene Leafe Romano Luchini Vince Marelich Karen McClelland Lee Susan McGuire (new) Terry Reed Ivory Rubin James W Smith Virginia Smith (new) Judy Wilson Stephanie Woo Date: Friday, October 5, 2001 Time: 5pm to 1130pm Place: El Camino HS cafeteria If you are interested in helping to plan and organize this year's homecoming party on October 5th, please write and let me know so I can add you to the homecoming committee mailing list. We have received OFFICIAL permission to hold the Homecoming 2001 party at El Camino HS again this year. The pregame party will start at 5pm same as last year and the postgame party will end at 1130pm. If you are interested in helping on the homecoming committee let me know. Last year we had a great group of volunteers! For information about last year's homecoming party: http://www.encinahighschool.com/homecoming/homecoming2000.htm If you missed the description of the last homecoming party see: http://www.encinahighschool.com/archives/email/001027.txt HOMECOMING RSVPS Joan Seitz Barrett 61 wrote: "Hi Harlan, Please count us in for homecoming. Just talking to our teachers last year was worth the price of admission. Joan Barrett and David Haynes '61 (both)" Karen Elledge 74 wrote: "i love my class,i miss every one.had a great time at the reuion.it means a lot to me to be included in our school.i still have my band honor guard uniform and rifle." Kate Grebitus 75 wrote: "Loved seeing old friends and feeling the APACHE energy all around us...fond memories!!" Gina Baker Smith 91 wrote: "Please put me down as an RSVP for homecoming. This will be my first as an alumni, as I was unable to make it last year. I will try to incourage more people from the Class of 91!!! Come on guys!! It was so nice to see everyone at the reunion, here's another excuse for us to get together again." New rsvps: David Haynes 61 Kermit Pahl 61 Joan Seitz Barrett 61 Angelina Gurule Kraft 72 Rebecca Francis Murray 73 Steve Palmer 74 Kate Grebitus 75 Terri Ferreira Scoggins 79 Bob Bjorklund 80 Jami Ferreira 80 Kim Bettencourt Bjorklund 81 REUNIONS The class of 66 and class of 86 are up next on September 15th! CLASS OF 61 Date: August 11, 2001 Location: River Cruise on the Mathew McKinley in Old Sacramento Time: Boarding 6.30 Sailing: 7.00pm-10.00pm Contact: John Russell at john_carolrussell@yahoo.com CLASS OF 66 Saturday, September 15, 2001, from 5:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. Clubhouse at Swallow's Nest, off Garden Highway in Sacramento Cost: $25 Contact: Kathy Cooper at Encina66@aol.com CLASS OF 71 Date: Saturday, August 4, 2001 Location: Doubletree (original Red Lion Inn) Time: 6:30PM Contact: Mike Billings at Showzrd@aol.com Laura Simons - 916-972-7077 CLASS OF 76 Date: July 28, 2001 Place: Arden Hills Contact: Matt Shelton at sheltonmk@aol.com CLASS OF 81 Date: August 11, 2001 Place: Arden Hills Country Club Contact: Melissa Tovar at melissatovar@aol.com CLASS OF 82 Date: August 9, 2002 Place: Croation Hall Contact: Soames Funakoshi CLASS OF 86 *** FINAL *** Date: September 15th Time: 1-5pm. Place: Cottage Park on Cottage Way. Cottage School is next door & Kaiser Permanente on Morse Avenue is across the street. Format: Bring your body, food & drink! Please send me a note for what you would like to bring food wise so everyone doesnt bring chips or hot dogs!!!!! Can one person bring a portable stereo also? We will need tunes also. If one would like to donate for the deposit - let me know! Contact: Kelly Dimmitt at CaliKel@hotmail.com CLASS OF 91 Class of 91' 10 Year Reunion! Date: Saturday, August 18th, 2001 Time: 5:30 pm....? Location: Grapes Banquet Hall 815 11th Street (corner of 11th & H) SIBLINGS Ricky Williamson 95 wrote: April Williamson 92 Ricky Williamson 95 Steve Dunn 74 wrote: Debbie Dunn 69 Jim Dunn 70 (deceased) Steve Dunn 74 Bill Dunn 78 Gary Jeffery 77 wrote: Stephen Jeffery 70 Gary Jeffery 77 Terry Jordan 83 wrote: Terry Jordan 83 Ron Jordan 86 Bart Holdener 72 is married to Catherine Cook Holdener 72 Bart Holdener 72 wrote: Brian Holdener 67 (deceased) Bart Holdener 72 Jocelyn King 78 wrote: Kristina King 74 Marva Ann King 75 Cheryl King 77 Jocelyn King 78 Paula King 82 Amy King 89 Paul Stewart 79 is in contact with: John Bain 74 Bill Bain 76 Jim Bain 78 Julie Bain 78 Larry Bain 79 EMAILIAS EMAILIAS OFFERS A SOLUTION FOR E-MAIL ABUSE For many consumers, one roadblock to participating in Internet commerce -- aside from the possibility of credit card fraud -- is the fear that their e-mail address will be abused. 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In addition to randomly created aliases, users can create their own aliases, which they can also delete at will, if the address begins attracting spam. The service is currently priced at $19.95 a year, with special pricing for shorter time spans. The company is also offering a free trial period. INTERNET Let-Me-Stay-For-A-Day.com Update In NSD 7.10, we introduced you to Ramon Stoppelenburg, the Dutch student who travels the world while staying with hosts he solicits on the Net and reporting his adventures on his personal Web site. Ramon's three-month-old project, to hitchhike as far as possible while finding bed and board via the kindness of strangers, has recently been reported on CNN and Wired and has garnered nearly 2,000 invitations from people in more than 65 countries, as well as, apparently, a request to appear on the Tonight Show. So far, the clever wayfarer has toured his native Europe with sponsorships for necessaries and casual expenses, but he's looking for free passage across the Atlantic. Clearly, this young man will go far. Ramon: http://www.letmestayforaday.com/ Wired: http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,46155,00.html Hole in the Wall near Slum Leads to Cyberspace A clever experiment in child psychology has played out in a Delhi slum. Sugata Mitra, an R&D director at an Indian technology company, installed an online computer outside his Delhi office so that it faced a slum, and watched what happened. The computer initially showed the home page of MSN.com. The local non-English-speaking slum kids discovered the computer and within days figured out how to surf the Net. They discovered paint programs and games. Within two months, they had also discovered MP3 files and started downloading music, which, we suppose, might mean that music piracy is driven by nature, not nurture. The experiment has been repeated in other locations with similar results. http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_1502000/1502820.stm HUMOR Courtesy of Greg Vitaich 62... Romance Mathematics: Smart man + smart woman = romance Smart man + dumb woman = affair Dumb man + smart woman = marriage Dumb man + dumb woman = pregnancy Office Arithmetic: Smart boss + smart employee = profit Smart boss + dumb employee = production Dumb boss + smart employee = promotion Dumb boss + dumb employee = overtime Shopping Math: A man will pay $2 for a $1 item he needs. A woman will pay $1 for a $2 item that she doesn't need. General Equations & Statistics: A woman worries about the future until she gets a husband. A man never worries about the future until he gets a wife. A successful man makes more money than his wife can spend. A successful woman is one who can find such a man. Happiness: To be happy with a man you must understand him a lot, and love him a little. To be happy with a woman you must love her a lot, and try not to understand her at all. Longevity: Married men live longer than single men, but married men are a lot more willing to die. Memory: Any married man should forget his mistakes, there's no use in two people remembering the same thing. Appearance: Men wake up as good-looking as they went to bed. Women somehow deteriorate during the night. Propensity to Change A woman marries a man expecting he will change, but he doesn't A man marries a woman expecting she won't change, and she does. Discussion Technique A woman has the last word in any argument. Anything a man says after that is the beginning of a new argument. Comprehension There are two times when a man doesn't understand a woman, before marriage and after marriage. How To Stop People From Bugging You About Getting Married: Old aunts used to come up to me at weddings, poking me in the ribs and cackling, telling me, "you're next." They stopped after I started doing the same thing to them at funerals. WHAT'S NEW 9/5/01: Paula King 82, Terry Jordan 83, Ron Jordan 86, Gary Jeffery 77, Stephen Jeffery 70, Kenneth Doolin 82 9/4/01: Meg Salasky 75 update, Lee Cordy 71, Michael Helton 91, Robert Lord 63 update, Rebecca Francis 73, Bart Holdener 72, Catherine Cook 72 9/3/01: Wayne Christie 72, Doyle Boatwright 83/bio, Chuck Boneck 76, Steven Bradshaw 69 update, Tricia Obermuller 77 update Don't forget to submit your contact information or bio: contact: www.encinahighschool.com/directory/submit_contact.htm bio: www.encinahighschool.com/submit_bio.htm Harlan Lau '73 Encina webmaster www.encinahighschool.com harlan@rambus.com